Telephone-receiver holder.



A. ORZEOHOWSKI.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN124, 1912 Patented Felx 4, 1913.

INVENTOR dfl/ c/vow 1. BY Q/ ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH 60., WA

ANTONI ORZECHOWSKI, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

TELEPHONE-RECEIVER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

Application filed January 24, 1912. Serial No. 673,112.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANToNI ORZECHOWSKI, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Stamford, in the count-y of Fairfield and Stateof Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTelephone-Receiver Holders, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a telephone receiver holder, and my inventionaims to provide a device that can be easily attached to a desk telephonefor holding the receiver thereof in a position that it can beconveniently used without employing the hands to hold the same to thecar while carrying on a conversation over a telephone.

The holder has novel adjustments that permit of the receiver beingpositioned at various angles and the device has been designed as aconvenience for parties who carry on a long conversation or desire tomake notes of the conversation or use the hands for other purposes.

The invention further aims to accomplish the above results by amechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically describedand then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, whereinFigure 1 is a side elevation ofthe holder as applied to a desktelephone, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the same, Fig. 3 isa perspective view of a detached holder, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsectional view of a portion of the holder.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the pedestal of a desk telephone, saidpedestal supporting the transmitter 2, the receiver hook 3 and thereceiver 4, these parts being of the ordinary and well known typeforming part of a desk telephone.

The reference numeral 5 denotes a resilient band having apertured ears 6connected by a screw 7 The band 5 is clamped upon the pedestal 1 andsaid band intermediate the ends thereof has an enlargement 8. Pivotallyconnected to the enlargement 8 by a screw 9 is an arm 10 and swiveled insaid arm by a pin 11 is the depending boss 12 of a casing 13 that isrectangular in cross section. One end of the casing 18 is closed andslidably mounted in the open end of said casing is a rack bar 14. Therack bar 14 has a head 15 provided with a bracket 16. The rack bar 14 isadjustably held within the casing 13 by a resilient catch 17 secured tosaid casing, adjacent to the open end thereof, and adapted to engage theteeth of the rack bar 14.

The reference numeral 18 denotes a rod revolubly mounted in the bracket16, said rod having a crank portion 19 within the bracket 16 whichfacilitates rocking said rod. One end of the rod 18 has an arm 20supporting the flange 21 of a receiver holder 22. The holder 22 is inthe form of a resilient band that surrounds the receiver 4, said bandhaving the ends thereof clamped together by a screw 23.

In operation, the arm 10 is shifted relatively to the enlargement 8 toswing the receiver 4 upwardly whereby the upper end of the receiver willrelease the hook 3. The rack bar 14 can be pulled outwardly from thecasing 13, the casing swung upon the arm 10 and then the rod 18 rockedto place the receiver 4 in a horizontal position. With these adjustmentsof the receiver holder, the receiver is in proximity to the ear of aperson talking through the transmitter 2 and the hands can be used forother purposes than holding the receiver 4.

WVhat I claim is A telephone receiver holder comprising an arm, meansfor pivotally supporting said arm from the pedestal of a telephone, acasing swiveled upon the top of said arm, a longitudinally adjustablerack bar mounted in said casing, a bracket U-shaped in plan having oneof its arms connected to the outer end of said bar, means carried by thecasing and engaging with the bar for maintaining the latter in anadjusted position, a rod revolubly mounted in the arms of said bracketand projecting outwardly from the outer arm of the bracket, said rodprovided be tween the arms of said bracket with a crank portionconstituting means to facilitate the Y shifting of the rod, and areceiver holder Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

